With only a wee bit of provocation, Mark Hurd raised an alarming prospect Tuesday afternoon: He won’t be the CEO of Hewlett-Packard forever.

Retail behemoth Wal-Mart reported a rise in quarterly profit Tuesday, but offered a cautious outlook for the coming year amid a struggling U.S. economy.

Really bad stock markets knock down shares of all kinds. That’s essentially what has been happening since the start of 2008, as subprime fallout led to recession anxiety. But not every market sector faces the same problems and uncertainties.

For young professionals and moneyed couples in the twenties and early thirties, a first home often fetches seven figures.

The credit crunch is hitting the college classroom.

From Boston to Burlingame, Calif., sneak a peek at how much property seven figures will purchase.

U.S. stocks were flat at the start of trading Thursday as investors awaited Congressional testimony on the economy from the Federal Reserve chairman and Treasury secretary.

Home prices are dropping at never-before-seen rates in these 10 cities, where homeowners have much to gain from Bush’s ”Project Lifeline.”

Yahoo Inc., formally rejecting a $45 billion unsolicited bid from Microsoft Corp., said Monday that the offer is not in the best interest of shareholders.

Ouch! The dollar’s drop translates into rapidly rising rents for some residents of these 10 cities.